tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post8112437835930790618..comments2023-05-11T17:35:12.051+10:00Comments on cosmic rapture: flim-flam and flip-flopperymasterymisteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-32419414541986600192010-12-30T09:39:38.340+11:002010-12-30T09:39:38.340+11:00Hi weirsdo, yes it's a slippery concept, maybe...Hi weirsdo, yes it's a slippery concept, maybe unnecessarily so. Because thinking about it right now, at this moment, for the life of me I can't see how the folk wisdom in the phrase about comparing oranges with apples is any less informative or insightful than the term "category error". <br /><br />And on that complex and convoluted note, thanks for your comment. Please call again at your earliest convenience!.masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-9726418434251894882010-12-30T06:35:58.262+11:002010-12-30T06:35:58.262+11:00Very informative. Dr. Weirsdo often uses the phras...Very informative. Dr. Weirsdo often uses the phrase "category error," and now I understand better what he is talking about.weirsdohttp://pansifiles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-19331647382000745202010-12-29T09:13:56.782+11:002010-12-29T09:13:56.782+11:00Brian, humans are nothing if not pattern-makers, n...Brian, humans are nothing if not pattern-makers, not to mention being expert pattern-breakers as well.<br /><br />Audrey, yes, the mind seems to be somehow programmed to look for order, and when it finds none, to create some.<br /><br />Thanks both for stopping by.masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-59867403950990178912010-12-28T14:31:10.183+11:002010-12-28T14:31:10.183+11:00No wonder I always liked the gestalt way of lookin...No wonder I always liked the gestalt way of looking at things. I love optical illusions like this, and enjoy the process of taking things apart and putting them back together in my mind.Alice Audreyhttp://www.aliceaudrey.com/?page_id=4029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-67061898285671088272010-12-28T14:01:54.960+11:002010-12-28T14:01:54.960+11:00i am a pattern guy...love to look at things/people...i am a pattern guy...love to look at things/people/numbers finding rhythms and patterns...it helps me make predictions and assess situations...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-11103092054601935722010-12-28T09:26:33.564+11:002010-12-28T09:26:33.564+11:00Tempest, you got "rorschach" right, whic...Tempest, you got "rorschach" right, which probably says more about you than the results of any particular test would. <br /><br />Shubhajit, I think "mind"/"soul"/"person" features holistic and self-organizing qualities, as you point out.<br /><br /> To which I would add: "dynamic" (ie always moving, never static); "emergent" (the qualities of the whole are greater than the sum of the parts, and emerge as a result of the gestalt of the parts); and process-oriented (ie mind/spirit/soul is not a thing but a process.<br /><br />Your question "how can all our thoughts be different?" is a very tough question. Are all our thoughts different? Or do they just seem that way? Or are all of our thoughts running in the mind of the Creator at all times?<br /><br />Thanks both for your comments.<br /><br />MMmasterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-78718352334304531962010-12-27T20:07:25.323+11:002010-12-27T20:07:25.323+11:00"Gestaltish thinking minimises the risk of ca..."Gestaltish thinking minimises the risk of category error and agency". I believe it is true. As a materialistic point of view, perceiving the true reality of certain things measured by material substance. Another standpoint is spiritual perception, which dwells on the subtlest aspects of life; spirit is truth, spirit is all and all other things are impermanent, illusions. Here duality of this or that automatically vanishes because anything material can't be remain all along the time, and how can we say spirit is material when we can't understand it within the realm of space, time and cause. so, when we say brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies that means it has to governed by something, which is itself holistic, parallel, and analog with self organizing capability. Then how can be all our thoughts and brains are different? Here there is long and profound philosophy of 'Karma' comes, but let me stop here..SHUBHAJIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922572955753398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-87317551849627506252010-12-27T14:19:38.435+11:002010-12-27T14:19:38.435+11:00I always enjoy optical illusions. So much fun! I&#...I always enjoy optical illusions. So much fun! I've always wanted to take one of those Rorshach (I'm sure I misspelled it) ink blot tests, though I usually see pelvic bones, rats, or butterflies in the blots.<br />The word verification is "cling."Tempest Nightingale LeTropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399658142903294992noreply@blogger.com